FROM ITS HEYDAY AS A BASTION OF THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH… (…to being an epicenter of bigotry and intolerance against any non-conforming views) The latest threat of another round of violent demonstration and protest, against the presence on campus

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A NIGHTMARISH VISION OF GOING BACK TO THE FUTURE (…just because a big bad-boy dreams of playing with very nasty toys) Memories of the Korean War are bad enough for anyone who lived through it, so having a nightmarish vision

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QUO VADIS FRANCE.. (and can it make itself –belle – again?) The forces driving the furor and turmoil of the upcoming French presidential election cycle are much the same as those that brought about –BREXIT- in the United Kingdom, and     

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NEVER MIND O’REILLY…IT’S OUR ANXIETY FACTOR STUPID (…which is bugging the hell out of everyone!) The world seems to be stuck these days on a never-ending carousel ride of economic and political instabilities, along with a host of petty and

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AS OUR WORLD TURNS IN TRANSITION… (…its known order of things seems to be falling apart) Long ago, as a mush-brained freshman at Georgetown University, one of our favorite courses was something called – The History of Civilization – .

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IF YOU’RE WONDERING HOW UNFRIENDLY YOUR SKIES CAN GET… (…just ask United Airlines) There was a time, not really so very long ago, when flying even for frequent-flyer warriors was a relatively pleasant way to travel. Not so today. If

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MAKING NICE WHILE TALKING TOUGH WITH EACH OTHER… (in a setting of ostentatious grand luxury) Things have really changed in this world of ours. Who could have guessed, even just a few short months ago, that the leader of the

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APRIL’S FOOLS… (playing extreme partisan games with each other just for a few cheers from sideline cliques) If anyone had any doubts that our country is fast going to hell in a hand basket, the way the members of our

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THE ASSAD REGIME HAS LOST WHATEVER LEGITIMACY IT EVER HAD… (so why allow it to remain in power behind the shield of so-called…sovereignty?) The latest use of chemical munitions against civilians is yet another crime against humanity in the Syrian

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AMERICA…IS A HEINZ FIFTY SEVEN VARIETY KETCHUP NATION (…which may be why so many folks today aren’t sure about who they should be) We came across a recent TV ad for one of those ancestry research outfits, in which a

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